A family decides to have children until it has three children of the same gender. Assuming P(B) = P(G) = 0.5, what is the pmf of X = the number of children in the family? x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 p(x)

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A family decides to have children until it has three children of the same gender. Assuming P(B) = P(G) = 0.5, what is the pmf of X = the number of children in the family?

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